Recital discs devoted to Handel may abound at the moment, but few if any have been as comprehensively impressive as this one. Bejun Mehta sings arias from eight of the operas, often including the recitatives that lead into them, and mixing well-known works like Agrippina, Orlando, Rodelinda and Radamisto with numbers from the lesser-known Amadigi di Gaula, Riccardo Primo, Tolomeo and Sosarme, and with René Jacobs and the period instruments of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra providing alert support. Mehta's way of listening to the orchestra around him, and either allowing his singing to stand out in relief, or to meld with the instrumental textures, produces wonderfully variegated effects and ever-changing perspectives. It's wonderful singing and on this evidence, Mehta's beauty of tone and musical intelligence confirm his position in the highest echelon of contemporary countertenors, alongside the likes of David Daniels and Andreas Scholl.